Big Cat in Patterson Stirs Up Neighborhood The Journal News

About 50 miles north of New York City, a mother of three, her husband and her in-laws all saw the animal walk behind the swing set and disappear into the woods one late afternoon last month. It was a light brown color, not furry, "as high off the ground as a fawn" and heavier than a Labrador retriever, with a cat head and a very long tail. A mountain lion? Elsewhere, on Cryptomundo: In Search Of The Cibola and Three New Scorpion Species Discovered.

How to Explain the Werewolf? Beyond the Blog

As Halloween bears down on us, Anthony North refers to one of the most mysterious and terrifying of all the monsters of lore, stating, "We actually know a great deal about them." Are there biological and cultural reasons for crediting supposedly wolflike activities to some humans?

Lakewood Woman Investigates Castle on a Quest for Ghosts The News Tribune

Meet Patty Scott, the power behind the Ghostsamongus website. Scott, who describes herself as "a skeptical believer," spent the weekend investigating a Lakewood, WA, bed-and-breakfast known as Thornewood Castle where the Stephen King television mini-series "Rose Red" was filmed. What led Patty Scott to investigate the paranormal, and what's the truth about the haunting of Thornewood Castle?